Freshwater Fishing
Top picks from “Bruiser Bob’s” crappie fishing closet
Bob Mitcham’s man cave has more than fluffy recliners, a big screen TV, and all kinds of fishing and hunting signage, photos and memorabilia.[…]
February 2015
Columns
Looking back at 2014, but moving forward into 2015
Well, another year has ended and as Tennessee Ernie Ford sang, “Another day older and deeper in debt.” The hunting version of this song would go, “Another season has ended and the freezer is empty.”[…]
Columns
How to “sea-duce” a predator
The rivers and lakes of Alaska offer the best fly fishing in North America. Its waters teem with steelhead, arctic char, grayling, dolly varden, trophy rainbow and lake trout, and five species of salmon, including the mighty king salmon.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Maps and charts for your GPS unit
I hear that many of you received new GPS unit from Santa. About this time you have probably installed the unit in your boat and maybe even tried it out.[…]
Columns
This guy has teeth
The great barracuda, Sphyraena barracuda, is a common fish in the blue waters offshore of Louisiana. Yet one never sees a fishing story about anyone fishing for them off of our coast. […]
NEW PRODUCTS
Coozy’s Custom Calls
Coozy’s Custom Calls are handmade from start to finish for the avid waterfowler that demands the true tones that bring ducks in.[…]
Bass Fishing
February resolve — Where to and how to catch bass this month
There is a certain mentality I have that makes me want to roll over and pull the covers over my head on the exact morning I’ve been waiting on to get in the deer stand.[…]
Fishing
Livingston Lures
Livingston Lures’ new Team Livingston line of baits allows anglers to program the sounds their baits make.[…]
Bass Fishing
Great with grubs — Bass-fishing tips for grubs
They’re kind of like the short stop of your tackle box, only without all the glamor and star power. Indeed, grubs are a multi-talented category of soft plastics whose lack of fanfare starkly contrasts their versatility.[…]
Hunting
Tenzing Binocular Holster
Tenzing Outdoors recently unveiled the new TC BH15 “The Choice” Binocular Holster in Realtree Xtra camouflage.[…]
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Tough trout mapped out — How to use digital maps to catch more specks
Have no doubt, February is a tough time for speckled trout fishermen.[…]
Hunting
MeoStar Binoculars
Meopta has added two new high-performance binoculars to its MeoStar line – the MeoStar 12×50 HD and MeoStar 15×56 HD. These binoculars deliver to the max thanks to large HD fluoride objective lenses which provide spectacular image clarity.[…]
Bass Fishing
Nail it — How and why to use nail weights when bass fishing
You’ve heard of “controlled aggression.” Well, you can call this aggressive finesse.[…]
Hunting
Protector Bow Max Recurve Bow Case
Plano’s Model 113500 Protector Bow Max Recurve Bow Case is an affordable and durable case that will provide safe storage and transport for your takedown recurve bow.[…]
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2015’s Top fiberglass boats
The ultimate fishing boat would be different things to different fishermen, depending on whether they exorcise their passion in inshore or coastal backwaters, lakes and rivers, or the bluewater deep.[…]
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Saline meat haul — Yo-yo fishing tactics for catfish, perch and more
It all began with a photograph.
Amber Bordelon sent it to Louisiana Sportsman magazine to see if they would print it. It looked like an avalanche of sac-a-lait, catfish, and bream.[…]